Category Archives: Canadian Press
New Mexico compound littered with ammunition, dirty diapers
AMALIA, N.M. - Dirty diapers, shotgun shells, small broken bicycles, the white sandal of a baby, anguished journals about faith and a DVD about killing techniques in close combat. Ordinary and extraor...
Aug 10, 2018
Women's group behind rebel memorials quietly battles on
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - On a glorious, late-spring day, Maya Little strode across the poplar-lined University of North Carolina quadrangle, past protesters and a uniformed officer. She stepped onto the ba...
Aug 10, 2018
After Indonesia quake, a new worry: deadly aftershocks
MATARAM, Indonesia - After a deadly earthquake devastated the Indonesian island of Lombok last weekend, Husni Handayani thought the worst was over. The powerful quake claimed hundreds of lives, wounde...
Aug 10, 2018

Suspended police chief accused of buying cocaine online
HACKENSACK, N.J. - Authorities say a suspended police chief in New Jersey has been buying cocaine online. Prosecutors say Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola went to a post offic...
Aug 10, 2018
Ryanair pilots strike in Germany, 4 other countries
BERLIN - Ryanair pilots in several European countries staged a strike over work conditions on Friday that prompted the budget carrier to cancel 400 flights. Walkouts called by German and Belgian union...
Aug 10, 2018
Prosecutors: Father texted about baby found in river
NEW YORK - A man who fled to Thailand after allegedly tossing his dead 7-month-old son into a river sent a chilling text to the mother while he was on the run about the fate of her child, prosecutors ...
Aug 10, 2018
Canada's Batty racing for elusive mountain bike World Cup gold medal
TORONTO - Emily Batty has climbed the World Cup top-five podium 14 times in her career, including three times in the last few weeks. But she’s never stood on the top step. The 30-year-old from B...
Aug 10, 2018
Canada knocks out the Netherlands at women's world softball championship
MAKUHARI, Japan - Larissa Franklin belted two home runs as Canada opened the playoffs with an 8-1 win over the Netherlands on Friday at the women’s world softball championship. With the win, Can...
Aug 10, 2018
Montreal-area man arraigned in connection with sucker-punch attack
LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal-area man has been arraigned on a charge of aggravated assault in connection with a sucker-punch attack outside a daycare last month that was captured on surveillance video. In...
Aug 10, 2018

Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Friday filed a legal challenge to the results of the country’s first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, alleging “gr...
Aug 10, 2018